When babies are born, their eyes and hair are one color, but change within the first few years of their life! Why do hair and eye colors change? Trace explains the process of inheriting certain traits from your parents, and discusses why the colors change! Follow DNews on Twitter: www.twitter.com/dnews Follow Trace on Twitter: www.twitter.com/tracedominguez Read More: How are human eye colors inherited? www.athro.com/evo/gen/inherit1.html "Genes are structures that are carried on larger structures called chromosomes. The genes for each characteristic come in pairs, and the two genes together produce a given characteristic." New genes involved in human eye color identified www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100506172731.htm "Three new genetic loci have been identified with involvement in subtle and quantitative variation of human eye color." Blue-eyed Humans Have A Single, Common Ancestor www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080130170343.htm "New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor." Why Do Babies' Eyes Start Out Blue, Then Change Color? www.livescience.com/13564-babies-eyes-start-blue-change-color.html "While only 1 in 5 Caucasian adults have blue eyes in the United States, most are born blue-eyed." Hair Color genetics.thetech.org/ask/ask63 "Why does the hair color of children often change color as they grow older?" Eye Color genetics.thetech.org/ask/ask176 "Why did the very blue eyes of a kid become brown when he grew up?" Blue Eyes www.webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/14D.html "Just as the cerulean blue of a baby's eyes fades over time, so does the blue sky as it stretches over the horizon - but two different scattering effects are responsible for the changes." How Vision Works health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/human-nature/perception/eye1.htm "Although small in size, the eye is a very complex organ." How Eye Color Develops www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/eye-color.htm "The colored part of the eye is called the iris, which has pigmentation that determines our eye color." Baby's Eye Color www.whattoexpect.com/first-year/ask-heidi/baby-eye-color.aspx "Get your fill gazing at those baby blues now, Mom, because there's a chance they could become brown (or go green)." Watch More: Are Beards Still Cool? www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB1sczLwrmk TestTube Wild Card testtube.com/dnews/dnews-231-how-too-many-screens-affect-our-brain?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=DNews&utm_campaign=DNWC Don't Leave In Your Contact Lenses! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOmsFH6yiiM ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on TestTube testtube.com/dnews Subscribe now! www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel DNews on Twitter twitter.com/dnews Trace Dominguez on Twitter twitter.com/tracedominguez Tara Long on Twitter twitter.com/TaraLongest Laci Green on Twitter twitter.com/gogreen18 DNews on Facebook facebook.com/DiscoveryNews DNews on Google+ gplus.to/dnews Discovery News discoverynews.com Download the TestTube App: testu.be/1ndmmMq

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